Improvement in swinging stanchions



To allwhomfitmcg/concern t the frame.v

`with the uprightbar B by gaat entre IWALTEnvc; Glrro'nn, .orVJAMnsrrown,y NEW YORK.

Letters garan 1v 105,445,01mz Jury 19, 1870.`

IMPnovnMr-:nr IN swmenve sTANcHIoNs.

t Beit known that I, WALTER C. GIFFORD, ofJ amesy e town, in the countyof Chautauqua and'State of Newy York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Swinging Stanchions; and I do herebydeclare that the'followingis a full,clear, and exact description thereof,'wl1ich willenableothers skilled'in` the art to make and usev` the same, referencebeing had to the :'accompanying drawing forming partof thisspecification.

lh'is invention lvelates to a new and useful improve inentinth'e.construction and arrangement ot' stanchions for-securingattlc instables or` barns, andiu all situations where stanchions are necessary'for the confinement ct' animals; and

It consists inthe construction and arrangement hereinafter described.` lIn the accompanying drawing- Figure l isa front elevation of thearrangement. Figure?. is a vertical section of Iig-1, on the lineSimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding A B larefifprightstanchions, tied or fastened togetherfby double transverse bars at theirlower ends,

` as seen atO, and also near their upper ends, as seen `An "uprightframe, rectangular in form,` is --thus made, which may be either ixed inposition or made` l to swing back and forth, as may be desired.

I n this example ot' my invention, the frame is sus--V pendedfrom thehorizontal timber E by means of the bar F, to which the ends of thestanchions A B are` attached; These ends pass "iup 'through mortises inThe Schedule referred to in `these Lettera Patent and making part of thesame of the animals neckagainst the stanchion II serves to keep thestanchion in place. t

There is a pin in the frame, as seen at P, anda rebate'ment and inclineon the s'tanchion, as seen in dotted line at q, which, as t-he stanchiondescends, serveto-throw the' stanch-ion in the opposite direction andcatehit onto the pin, as seeuat 0. y

To raise the stanchion for releasing the animal, the end It of the leverK is pressed down, by which the stanchion-lever and connecting-rod I arethrown into the position seen in dotted lines. The -notch M engages withthe pin J, which supports the stanchion, as seen. A

S is a base-board, against which the swinging frame' l closes. l

l. The movement in the other direction is limited by pins in the door,brackets T, or in any other suitable manlief.

`The transverse pieces C and D are double, leaving` `no chain, rings, oriron hooks; it is simple and cheap, andmaybe constructed by any one atall acquainted V.with the use of tools.

The upright stanchior A is slotted, where the vtransverse bars C and Dare fastened, so that it can 'be adj usted laterally, `to fit the necksof different sized animals.

Having t-hns described my invention,

`I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangementof the hinged scraper G upon the 'swinging stanchion', as and for thepurpose described. l

Witnesses: WALTER O. GIFFORD.

D. C. GoMscrooK, n W. S. FIRMAN.

